Firefox problems

[Bill Stanley]

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I think you are on to something!  I checked my plugins and I have the
Shockwave Flash 11.2.202.356 and FF says that it was blocked because it has
known security problems.  It also says that it should be updated.

As I understand it, Adobe no longer issues updates for Linux.  If there are
any updates how can I get them.  Note:  I am using Mint/Mate so if it is
available in the Ubuntu repository, how do I add this repository?  If this
is the last version (see the above paragraph)  is there any work around?

> If you were using Ubuntu then I would
>
> sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer
>
> However whether that is appropriate for Mint I have no idea.  Perhaps
> there is a Mint list that could help.  Also I see that you are using
> the Saucy repository, but Saucy is no longer supported so it may not
> have the latest version of flash available anyway.  Are you using a
> current version of Mint?
>
WS=>  I visited Mozilla's website and definitely it is Shockwave.  
Actually, the security problem affects Windows but a=other Os'es 
including Linux were blocked even though it wasn't necessary.  The 
security flaw might affect the browser but it is unlikely that the Linux 
system would be affected.

Now I know what is happening.  The question is, "how do I fix it." As a 
last resort, I'll probablyl reinstall Mint Linux because a lot of 
digital crud has accumulated.  That way I am sure that I have gotten the 
latest version.